Berlioz, Nuits d'été. Janet Baker.n°1. Villanelle.
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M. Reebachan : Il est très désagréable de comparer! Rome est-elle plus belle que Paris???
4 years ago 4
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Baker was a great voice and a great musician...a very rare combination of virtues. And she had a noble bearing to top it off. A true class act.
4 years ago 2
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The French subtitle is simply horrible, never corresponding to what Dame Janet is singing. I bet it was done by a labourer who has no knowledge of the French language, let alone any respect for the arts.
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To be able to evaluate dispassionately what Baker was doing most of the time, there is the necessity to blast the irrational hype that protected her and made her much better than she actually was. Here she may be good but not great. Her riding on the music and not penetrating the subtle nuances of the words is pedestrian. Her sound colors are very limited. Her evident enthusiasm for the music would be better served if she were an instrumentalist, instead of a singer who must communicate text.
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This post does no particular credit to Ms Baker, or Berlioz, for that matter. Specifically, the dramatic impact is compromised by the too-fast tempo, and the quality of the sound is just a couple of clicks this side of awful. Ms Baker is served to much better effect in her recording with Sir John Barberolli, which I believe has been posted on youtube.
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Definitely Herbert Blomstedt!
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TROP NUL je doi laprendre !!
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I prefer the contralto and tenor versions.
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Je l'ai chantée au solfège ^^
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you're right.. it is weird!
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as a French, let me tell you that Dame Janet Baker sounds french here, as she sounds english in english!.. her diction is excellent (even the famous fench 'R' are respected!..) definitivly NO, you will never find here any common defects you can hear usually in anglophone singers!...
furthermore, the voice is sensual and the artist is very stylish!...
raskkass 11 months ago
@raskkass
As a French... let me tell you that I frequently met English persons with a perfect knowledge and pronunciation of our mother language...!
Nevertheless, Dame Janet Baker is marvelous !
jolicrasseux 11 months ago